Earl Leroy Yeakel III
How Judge Yeakel rules, drawn from 5 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Yeakel no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Yeakel
Earl Leroy Yeakel, III was a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Yeakel received a commission on July 29, 2003. Judge Yeakel retired on May 1, 2023.
How Judge Yeakel decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Rowell v. Paxton, Yeakel held that applying Texas's credit-card anti-surcharge law to the merchant plaintiffs violated their commercial speech rights, granted their summary judgment motion, and permanently enjoined enforcement against them.
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and for a Permanent Injunction filed January 31, 2018 (Clerk's Document No. 79) are GRANTED.”
Procedural preferences
In Texas Mutual's coverage suit against Wood Energy, Yeakel adopted the magistrate judge's recommendation as modified and granted the insurer summary judgment, finding no duty to defend or indemnify for Oklahoma workers' compensation benefits.
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff Texas Mutual Insurance Co.'s Amended Motion for Final Summary Judgment, filed on October 3, 2008 (Clerk's Document No. 41) is GRANTED.”
Cautions
In the University of Texas trademark suit against KST Electric, Yeakel adopted the magistrate judge's recommendation, granted summary judgment only on UT's federal dilution claim, and left its infringement and unfair-competition claims pending.
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that KST’s Motion For Summary Judgment On UT’s Federal Dilution, Trademark Infringement And Unfair Competition Claims filed November 9, 2007 (Clerk’s Document No. 38) is GRANTED IN PART as to UT’s federal dilution cause of action and in all other respects is DENIED.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and for a Permanent Injunction filed January 31, 2018 (Clerk's Document No. 79) are GRANTED.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment filed January 31, 2018 (Clerk's Document No. 78) is DENIED.”
“the Magistrate Judge recommends that this Court deny KST's motion for summary judgment on its affirmative defenses of laches, estoppel by laches, and statute of limitations”
“grant the portion of KST's motion for summary judgment regarding UT's federal trademark dilution claim and deny the remainder of that motion regarding UT's federal trademark infringement and unfair competition claims”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff Texas Mutual Insurance Co.'s Amended Motion for Final Summary Judgment, filed on October 3, 2008 (Clerk's Document No. 41) is GRANTED.”
“IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that Defendants' motion to dismiss contained in the Motion and Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants Farmers Texas County Mutual Insurance Company and Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint Pursuant to F.R.C.P. Rule 12(b)(6) filed December 13, 2013 (Doc. # 24) is DENIED.”
After a bench trial, Yeakel held that Texas had imposed sex-offender parole conditions on a person whose offense was not sexual without the individualized process required by precedent. He granted declaratory and injunctive relief requiring constitutionally adequate process.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed dockets provide a limited view of Judge Yeakel's caseload rather than a complete census.
A historical record
Judge Yeakel no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.